Friday, July 6, 2012

Jonny received his mission call yesterday. He will be serving in the Mexico Villahermosa Mission. He leaves on November 7th. He turns 19 on October 24th, so the timing is great. He was accepted to BYU Utah but was waiting for his call to determine whether he would attend a semester or not. He will defer his schooling until after his mission.

Jonny is spending six weeks in Idaho working on my father's farm. It has been a great experience for him. Therefore, he was in Idaho when he received his call. One of the great things is that my parent's spent about eight years in Mexico in the area presidency and have been to Villahermosa. Jonny has lots of questions for them.

He opened his letter over skype. In our home, we had the five other children here as well as one of Jon's friends (L.T. Hoak), his foreign exchange student from France, and Uncle Keith. In Idaho, there was plenty of family there: Grandpa and Grandma Mickelsen, Don and Cathy, Ross and Whitney, Krystle, Andrew, Michelle, Sam, Paul and Sarah, Julia, and Lily. His friend Brandon from work was there. Jean was also there on facetime.

I don't think there could be a more perfect place for Jonny to go. I am again grateful for the Lord's hand in our lives and the blessings we receive. It has been such a great experience for our family already. I can't imagine the blessings we will yet receive as Jonny devotes his full time and energy to the building up of the kingdom here on the earth. Thank you Jonny for being willing and able to do so.

About

Elder Jonathan Lightheart is from Medford, Oregon. He left on November 7, 2012 to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was in Provo, Utah at the Mission Training Center until the first part of January and then served in the California San Fernando Mission until he broke his ankle on Janaury 18th. He returned home for four and a half months to have surgery and recover. He left to go down to Villahermosa Mexico on May 27th. He will serve there until March of 2015. This blog is a record of his mission and is maintained by his mother.

Elder Lightheart's Address

Elder Jonathan Martin Lightheart

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